Richard_the_First said...

Richard_the_First at 01:33 PM JST - 2nd January

The whole show should be scrapped, but that's not NHK's way. It is an embarrassment in this day and age, but then again Japanese programming in its entirety is. Laughable, yet the perfect bubble that is Japan to the locals hides this from them. Let them live in their perpetual…

Posted in Nozomi Ohashi shines as little star of 59th Red and White Singing Contest at 01:33 PM JST - 2nd January
Richard_the_First at 01:21 PM JST - 2nd January

When will they learn to buckle up their kids? I see it every time I drive, mini vans with kids free to run around the interior. The father may face charges as he failed to use a child seat no doubt.

Posted in Father, daughter, 5, thrown out of car after accident on Kyushu expressway; girl dies at 01:21 PM JST - 2nd January
Richard_the_First at 11:52 AM JST - 2nd January

44 years equals and old building, ffs. In my country, houses and buildings are built to last.

Posted in Almond Cafe in Roppongi to relocate after 44 years at 11:52 AM JST - 2nd January
Richard_the_First at 09:56 AM JST - 1st January

A car is a device designed to transport you from A to B. That is its simplest role. Now, of course, that is the most basic assumption yet on the roads we find a myriad of different types of car. For example, I own a powerful, RWD coupe. It doesn't…

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Richard_the_First at 09:16 AM JST - 1st January

AND JAPAN NEEDS MORE CONVENIENCE STORES? I think not.

Posted in Lawson to double number of stores selling vegetables in next three years at 09:16 AM JST - 1st January
Richard_the_First at 11:36 AM JST - 29th December

The fact that he was getting into bed with her is disturbing.

Posted in Man arrested on suspicion of stabbing 8-year-old granddaughter at 11:36 AM JST - 29th December
Richard_the_First at 09:27 AM JST - 27th December

Raise prices in a recession. Great idea...

Posted in JAL plans to raise international fares at 09:27 AM JST - 27th December
Richard_the_First at 09:26 AM JST - 27th December

The ban on under 15s is quite bizarre. Almost like the right to life has been taken away, so surely some parents will fight it in court. Even go to the UN for example.

Posted in Japan Organ Transplant Network fights to change laws at 09:26 AM JST - 27th December
Richard_the_First at 09:44 AM JST - 26th December

Booze will hook you, too. You will end up at AA meetings.

Posted in 25% of adults depend on alcohol, drugs to fall asleep: survey at 09:44 AM JST - 26th December
Richard_the_First at 09:42 AM JST - 26th December

Men are hard wired to spread as much as they can. Biology rules which is why a man can make babies until he dies yet a woman has a limited shelf life before she 'rots'.

Posted in Monogamy vs a bit on the side: What makes a person promiscuous? at 09:42 AM JST - 26th December